Objective: To study the efficacy and complications of low dose indomethacin in the reduction of major intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) in very low birth weight (VLBW) babies.
Design: prospective randomized controlled trial (interim analysis)
Setting: Level III neonatal intensive care unit of a perinatal tertiary care center.
Patients: Newborn babies with birth weights between 750-1250 g were randomized into indomethacin or control groups.